The Hookah Pipe Nebula - NGC 1871 & 1873

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

....all good fun

Originally Posted by Andy01

I'll revise my claim to instead be the first HaO3RGB High Res, half decent, stand alone image of this nebula.

Oh come now... you are just being pedantic Andy

Don's is also HaOIIIRGB though

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Oh come now... you are just being pedantic Andy
Don's is also HaOIIIRGB though

Hey I can put my pedantic hat on when necessary too - Don's wide field image is not a stand alone pic of 1871/73

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Hey I can put my pedantic hat on when necessary too - Don's wide field image is not a stand alone pic of 1871/73

T'is so! ...just has more in it.....

are we excessively concerned with minor details or rules and being over scrupulous..?

[CosmicEcho]

Does this mean that every image is a worlds first? After all, every image is unique, a different FOV, exposure times, and processing. Isn't this part of the sky "rarely imaged"

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hey look what I just stumbled across...taken back in 2016 by Fred Vanderhaven

Fred also had trouble finding another one at the time too and you even commented Andy

Doh!

Mike

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hey look what I just stumbled across...taken back in 2016 by Fred Vanderhaven

Fred also had trouble finding another one at the time too and you even commented Andy

Doh!

Mike

Well done Mike! Great detective work & no argument from me- truthfully I remember most images and I had searched IIS, Astrobin & Google, but I had completely forgotten about this one so full credit to Fred who it seems I owe an apology to, his was definitely the first High res, colour image!
Still a darn nice image too & it’s far better than mine

On a side note, I miss Fred’s posts here

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Well done Mike! Great detective work

On a side note, I miss Fred’s posts here

I wasn't looking for it, I was just getting the link to Freds web site, to give to a friend and when his page opened up I just had a quick look around at his images because I hadn't seen his work for a while and I love images ...and then I found it pure fluke, I then did a search on IIS because I remembered he posted that image

Mike